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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: What is the position in Limerick?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: What would a person buying that on the affordable housing scheme have to pay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I would argue that 15% below market value would not be affordable to many people. We had one side of Dublin City Council before the committee saying that it is running an affordable housing scheme that is unaffordable. Do the witnesses think the affordable housing schemes in their local authorities are affordable to ordinary people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I would say Mr. Walsh is right. The problem, however, is that some people do not qualify for social housing and do not have the wages to get affordable housing. We still have a trapped middle of people who are just above the social housing cap. What is the gross figure on the housing lists in Waterford and Limerick? When I say "gross" I include HAP, RAS and any other such scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: And in Limerick?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: To return to derelict sites, how many such sites on the register belong to the local authorities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Mr. Walsh can come back to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Do the witnesses know how many such sites are in Limerick?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is it the case that Limerick council does not have any site that belongs to it and that is derelict?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: That is a great policy to have. I fully commend that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Just one other thing. Have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: The witnesses can come back in afterwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: The witnesses representing Limerick City and County Council said that the council has 76 properties that it either has sold or is in the process of selling and that it compulsorily purchased. Could those properties not be used for social housing or are they business properties? If the latter, why are they not being used as social housing? I thank the witnesses. I really appreciate their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: We discussed targets for 2026; do the local authorities think they will reach their targets on social, affordable and cost rental between now and then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: If they reach their targets will their housing lists reduce as a result? I ask because so many local authorities appear before the committee and say they will meet their targets but there are so many people coming on the housing lists on the other side that even if they hit all their targets their lists would still be worse in 2026. It the witnesses hit all their Government targets, will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: They should know the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Just to clarify, do the local authorities' building and targets supersede the number of people who are coming on the list every year? I have a final question, Chair. Limerick made a point about 76 houses they have either sold or are going to sell. Can I ask if they are being sold to investment funds or to cuckoo funds or are they being sold to ordinary people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: What we do not want is investment funds buying potential homes from people who need them. I would have a concern about that.